Tales from my head
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The rose bush grew near the fence in Mr. Brown’s unkept front yard, and its flowers were within easy reach of the sidewalk. Mr. Brown did not prune the rose bush anymore. This was ok because Mr. Brown did not take care of the rest of the garden either. Most days he could not remember…
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I am an expert at putting off stuff for a later time. I know I must get up and just start, but this is so hard I often just give up. Procrastination is a terrible thing! It is cumulative. At first you delay one small thing, then another, and before long you are so far…
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Nothing stays the same. Everything constantly changes in one way or another. Once I was shaken by how similar my days were, how boring and depressing my life have become. It turned out that I changed and was actually suffering from depression! Nothing is ever what it seems, and everything evolves and transforms while you…
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First love, the one that got away. I know! Cliche! But so very true for many. Sometimes the end of a first love is a good and necessary thing because it leads to emotional growth. Such an experience makes us better, more experienced! There is no growth without pain, and pain leads to gain. So…
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As I write this I have no desire to get up and do something exciting, yet I know that I must. To have an interesting and exciting life we must do interesting and exciting things. Even though my poem suggests we must use every second to be alive, being alive also includes being still. I…
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I am in South Africa visiting friends and family. On day one I did not think I can stay here the planned three weeks. Day two I felt better and then became depressed again when I saw my hometown. It is in a terrible state, the roads are awful, traffic lights do not work and…
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I am curious if the human race was able to achieve all it has simply because humans are never satisfied with what they have or know. Do a thing and later regret it, or don’t do it at all, and always wonder what could have been. Before the internet made access to everything possible, people…
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‘Can’t wait to see you and dad. Love you too! Bye-bye!’, Mia gently replaces the phone in its cradle, closes her eyes and takes a few deep breaths. It does not help, her mind is racing, outpacing her heartbeat. ‘Shit! Shit, shit, shit!’, she opens her eyes and sees her reflection in the hallway mirror,…
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Who lives at the center of the universe? Me! This is true for all of us. Close your eyes and plug your ears and everything disappears. I always wonder how others see the world. Is blue the same hue between me and you? What does cabbage do for you, and do we all hate broccoli…
Tales from my head 